Warsaw - Polish president Lech Kaczynski named the country's new environment minister who was set to put climate at the top of the agenda, local media reported Monday. Andrzej Kraszewski was named for the spot during a ceremony in Warsaw. Kraszewski said his priority will be climate issues like selling Poland's surplus greenhouse gas emission rights, and noted the deals would give Poland funds for protecting the environment.
Under the Kyoto protocol, a country that is below its emission target can sell its surplus allowance as credits to other nations or governments that are set to exceed their limits.
Kraszewski is a professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, specializing in the role of infrastructure on the environment. He has led projects on waste incinerators and beltways in urban agglomerations.
Former Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki resigned on December 8 amid reported disagreements with his deputy.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk reportedly delayed announcing Nowicki's resignation because of the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/306998,poland-names-new-environment-minister.html.
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